Many of you have probably heard of Corona chair or recognize it from the "moment of truth." The designer behind the Corona, it is probably not as many people know about.

We will therefore look at another one of Denmark's leading designers - Poul Volther.

Read more ... Corona chair by Poul Volther

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Carl Malmsten is perhaps Sweden's most prominent designers. In Malmsten design, we see a mix of tradition and modernity in the simplicity of the Swedish peasant furniture as a starting point. Malmsten forms came to have a major influence on future generations of designers and the development of modern Swedish furniture.

Malmsten was raised in a middle-class family in Stockholm at the end of the 1800s, but was as a young man not interested in either education or status. He was considered controversial and outspoken back then and he took employment as an apprentice carpenter. He quickly became a highly skilled craftsman and in combination with a strong interest in art, this was the beginning of a great career. Malmsten was recognized designer at age 28 in 1916 when he won both the first and second prize in a furniture competition under the auspices of the Stockholm City Hall.

Read more ... Carl Malmsten - naive idealist or misunderstood genius?

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The influence of a designer has at his contemporaries and future generations is a good measure of their talent. Verner Panton is a magnificent specimen of this with its influential forms. Panton is known for its revolutionary design in the choice of both forms of material. The characteristics of Panton's work is a sculptural elegance, striking shape, and above all color. Panton forms stood out from other contemporary design, the best possible way.

Panton grew up on the Danish island of Funen, where his father ran an inn. Panton began to study architectural line in Odense and his interest in design took him on to Copenhagen, where he continued studying at the Royal Danish Academy. Then he was hired at Arne Jacobsen's architectural office, where he stayed for two years. It is rumored however that Panton was one of the best staff, when he would rather prefer to spend their time on developing their own ideas.

Read more ... Verner Panton - sixties champion

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"The First Lady of Danish Furniture Design" is one of many awards such as Nanna Ditzel has received and described as Stockholm furniture fair allotted her, is a very fitting introduction to an amazing designer.

Ditzel's work as a designer began in much the same way as Poul Kjærholm P. Ditzel began as an apprentice to a hanterkare that manufactured cabinets and then continued as a student at Kunsthåndværkerskolen in Copenhagen. Continuing, Ditzel his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts where she meets her future husband. The pair's career takes off after Ditzel graduated at the age of 23 when they marry and open a design studio together.

Ditzel worked with several different materials in his career and you can find her designs in several different areas. Ditzel has designed and designed everything from jewelry for Georg Jensen textiles for Kvadrat and furniture for Frederica. Ditzel, like Kjærholm, had a fascination for blending traditional craftsmanship with modern shapes and materials. A famous example of this is Ditzel Äggstol or hanging the egg as it is known. Steel and wicker blended here to create a dream-like form that is not only innovative but also practical. As long as you have somewhere to hang it up ...

Read more ... Nanna Ditzel - First Lady of Danish Furniture Design

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Are you one of those subjects that interest you very for the interior design market? If you are aware you are likely to everything about the wonderful and exciting Arabesk-chair. This is a unique chair that many find to be a good addition to any room. It helps not only with elegance and style to any room, it's very functional and comfortable at the same time.

Arabesk-chair's story is not complex, but still interesting. First Arabesk-chair was created and was designed by Folke Jansson 1955th The first seat carved out of the timber by hand to give it a very unique appearance. After being carved out was filled with rubber and then covered by a fabric in yellow and black.

This furniture was seen as a strong example of the Scandinavian art of the mid-century. It was difficult to find when it was handmade, but it was also very sought after. Due to its uniqueness and beauty, it has been reproduced in large quantities so that everyone who wants one can get it at their home or office.

Read more ... Arabesk chairs: Unique furniture design

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The interest in furniture and interior design has grown at breakneck speed and today is as important as the clothes we wear ourselves to express our personality. As with clothing fashion, Stockholm County at the forefront, even when it comes to home decor and the big city it is, you can find here something for all styles and budgets.

Stockholm Furniture climate is often associated with stylish furniture and minimalist decor. Nordic design simply. But today, the need to express themselves become larger and finding their own solutions to their home as personal as possible. Many people prefer to drive on the same line, but more people today choose to mix old and new, budget and exclusive furniture in one. It's hip to be himself.

We have picked a few tidbits from the Stockholm Furniture range.

Read more ... Furniture Stockholm

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Seat Furniture has always had a prominent role in the field of furniture design, and when we talk about design chairs, it is the Danish designer Hans J. Wegner, we will consider. He became widely known for his ability to blend form and function, and became immensely popular for her original and stylish chairs.

CH 07, "the three-legged shell chair", was introduced in 1963 but were made ​​when only a small scale and soon stopped being produced, and was forgotten. But as is often the trends an unparalleled ability to return and 90's, when interest and demand for eye-catching design exploded, meant new times for CH 07th 1997 was the chair back into production and after 34 years of anonymity was the chair's well-deserved break. In this context it may be mentioned that one of the chairs from the 60's original series was sold at Christies in London for $ 20, 000 1999th That same year, it is also the highest rating of the Technical Institute in Denmark.

Read more ... Ch 07: More elegance to your living room

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901 thevagnen is designed by the renowned Finnish furniture designer Alvar Aalto. This tevagnen of Aalto has such a refined and modern look to it's incredible that it's debut in 1937 at the World Fair in Paris. One of his major innovations, curved birch frames, visible on both sides of the wagon. It has a strong, light frame and thick layers of birch form closed loops.

All practical components can be found at 901 thevagnen. It has large, white wheels with black tread rubber, handle and rim stripes are solid birch. 901-wagon also has shelves with white laminated surfaces.

Read more ... 901 thevagn is incomparable

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Bruno Mathsson (1907-1988) was the son of a fourth generation Swedish cabinet maker. He loved architecture and interior design. Although he was reared toilers with beautiful wood from woodworking world, he was drawn in another direction of motion functionality in the early 1900's.

Using functionalism in interior design means that you certify that everything in the home has a specific purpose. Some of Mathsson previous works were considered ugly by those who did not know funktionaliströrelsen. When a hospital bought his chairs in 1931 for their waiting room visitors found them so ugly that the chairs eventually stored in an attic, never to be used again. In any case, his breakthrough on a show in New York 1939th

Mathsson was not just a functionalist, convinced that every part of his design should have a purpose, he was also a self-proclaimed perfectionist who thought that a piece of furniture should be aesthetically pleasing from all angles before it could be considered finished. One of his most popular designs are table superellipse.

Read more ... Table superellipse - a reflection of functionalism beauty in simplicity

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When it comes to interior design, virtually all heard of the Swedish and scan Scandinavian schools and the pervasive style called Swedish mother, or sometimes the Swedish modernism. One of the leading names was the late Bruno Mathsson . He was born in 1907 into a family of woodworkers in Värnamo in Sweden and lived until 1988.

Although he was a student of the craft tradition of his country, went Mathsson far beyond it and used the shapes and styles that reflected the living things, like grasshoppers, and people. He wanted his
Furniture would be practical and above all else comfortable and his real genius was that at the same time make it extremely beautiful.

Read more ... Eva-chairs of Bruno Mathsson continues to please

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